Sunday, May 9, 2010

Top 10 NBA Playoff Saturday Takeaways

10) Shockingly, the Jazz's undrafted rookie wasn't able to stop Kobe Bryant one-on-one in crunch time

9) The Hawks became the first team in NBA history to get swept in a best of seven in three games

8) In all of the ways in which Spurs Fan imagined his season ending, "Can't Stop Goran Dragic" wasn't in the top 100

7) The Cavs and Celtics are demonstrating exceptional energy conservation when faced with any kind of deficit

6) With no second-round series looking like it will go deep, the NBA might end its playoff season before July

5) Only in Phoenix can a 37-year-old survivor of multiple knee injuries become (a) healthy, and (b) a defensive stopper

4) Orlando will be the first final four team in the NBA to be ranked outside of the top 10 due to strength of schedule

3) One day, some team might think about boxing out Pau Gasol from easy offensive rebounds and put-backs in crunch time

2) The Association's efforts to provide home court advantage via exceptionally friendly home court officiating are much more difficult in the post-Donaghy era

1) Laker Fan's need to worry about how Ron Artest will cost them is nine wins away from never existing

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